James Montgomery Flagg

[American Golden Age Illustrator, 1877-1960]

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Prolific and talented magazine illustrator who created the
famous "I Want You for the U.S. Army" Uncle Sam poster.

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Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
9 works by James Montgomery Flagg

New York Public Library Digital Gallery
Vintage posters from the collection

James Montgomery Flagg in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Database

National Museum of American Illustration, Newport, Rhode Island

State Museums of Florence, Italy
Self-portrait (I Want You for U.S. Army)

Smithsonian Institution Art Inventories
List of works nationwide from two sources: the Inventory of American Paintings Executed before 1914 and the Inventory of American Sculpture (only a few percent of listings have an accompanying image)

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James Montgomery Flagg in the Art Renewal Center

Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur (in German)

Brian Yoder's Art Gallery and Critic's Corner
Uncle Sam with Empty Treasury, 1920
The Fencer

James Montgomery Flagg at ImageNETion

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Articles:

Encyclopedia Britannica complete article on James Montgomery Flagg
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Union List of Artist Names (Getty Museum)
Reference sheet with basic information about the artist and pointers to other references.

Wikipedia, the "Open Content" Encyclopedia
Biographical info

Bud Plant Illustrated Books
Biography with sample images

Spartacus Educational Books
U.S. Marines poster

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